Unit 18 Mainly revision
thank goodness
"Mum, teacher was asking me today if I have any brothers or sisters who will be coming to school." "That's nice of her to take such an interest, dear. What did she say when u told her u are the only child?" "She just said, 'Thank goodness!'"
Students Without Names
One year at Harvard, there was a really
huge lecture with four or five hundred
people. nobody liked the class because
it was really hard, and it was just too
big. when their final rolled around, everybody
was really nervous. before they began,
the professor said, " you are allotted
exactly two hours to complete this exam.
anyone who does not stop writing after
time has been called will fail this course"
everyone wanted to make sure they finished
so they started working really frantically
right away, except for one kid, who took
his time and seemed really relaxed. when
the professor said that there was one
minute remaining, everyone broke into
a cold sweat and started writing even
more frantically, except for that one
guy, who is still taking his time. when
the professor says "pencils down"
everybody stops writing and goes to hand
in their exams. the one kid, however,
just keeps writing. the professor can't
believe his eyes. he's so shocked, he
doesn't know what to do. about ten minutes
later, the kid finally goes to hand in
his exam.
"Are you crazy?" the professor
says, "I told you that you'd fail
if you wrote past two hours. Why bother
finishing? You fail"
"Wait," says the student,
"do you know who I am?"
"What does that matter?"
"Answer me. Do you know who I am?"
"You can't use your connections
to influence me. It doesn't matter who
you are."
"Just tell me," says the kid,
"Do you know who i am?"
"No!" says the professor "Who
the hell are you?"
The kid grabs the stack of exams and
shoves his own somewhere in the middle
of the pile. "Now you never will",
he says.